One of the most famous stories about Napoleon was when he told one of his top generals to go conquer this whole region. All of a sudden, the general says, “And you see this one, that one also says,” but tells him, “Napoleon, my dear King, this is so far out. Like, what are you thinking?” Napoleon says, “They have good cigars over there. The tobacco, I make an amazing cigar, you can’t imagine.”
The general went ahead. He literally conquered the whole region, and then went completely to the side, meaning miles out, to conquer this town with all the best tobacco out there. Finally, he conquered it. He finds he’s so excited. He’s meeting Napoleon the next day, and he wraps up a nice fat cigar for him. “I can’t wait to give it to him.” You, he goes, “Napoleon,” and all he has the whole entourage, the whole army is coming. The general is walking to Napoleon, greeting him, and says, “My dear King, I got you such a nice gift from that region.” He pulls out the fat cigar, puts it in Napoleon’s mouth, and is about to light it.
Before he lights it, Napoleon takes the cigar out of his mouth and, in front of everybody—in front of all the soldiers in the army that just went out to war with who knows what—cracks the cigar in front of everybody. The general’s jaw drops. “What are you doing?” Napoleon says, “Let me tell you, everybody: Napoleon controls the cigar. The cigar doesn’t control Napoleon.” He cracked it in front of everybody to show he’s in control, because that’s a man. Same thing, we have emotions, and therefore one of the emotions is the eyes. We gotta think about who’s a strong man: the one who conquers the yetzer hara (evil inclination). It doesn’t control me; I control it. My eyes are in my control.